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Overview

Brownall House at 255-279 Cambridge Heath Road is a former London Electricity Board Building in Bethnal Green, London E2.

The proposed redevelopment by Telford Homes would create a new open market and affordable homes along with an element of commercial space.

The proposals submitted in 2022 include 140 residential units as well as 551m2 of commercial space. The plans designed by Allies and Morrison also include a publicly accessible open space, accessed from Cambridge Heath Road as well as communal external amenity spaces and play space.

The site comprises three principal buildings. The main building is a five-storey office building measuring c. 38,700 sq ft Gross Internal Area. Two single-storey ancillary buildings to the south were previously used for community and conference facilities.

The London Electricity Board headquarters was constructed in the late 1950s. The building was sold in 1990 and used as offices for Tower Hamlets Council.